Salford has 8 new coronavirus cases, down from the previous day's 13, bringing the cumulative total of cases to 23,192. The seven day average of cases in Salford is now 74, down from 76, while the seven day rate per 100,000 population now stands at 28.6, down from 29.4.
Elsewhere in Greater Manchester, the seven day average of cases in Bury is 56 (up from 53), with a seven day rate per 100,000 population of 29.3 (up from 27.8); Bolton 148 (down from 156), with a rate of 51.5 (down from 54.3); Manchester 259 (down from 278), with a rate of 46.8 (down from 50.3); and Oldham 116 (down from 118), with a rate of 48.9 (down from 49.8).
Rochdale has a seven day average of cases of 78 (down from 88), with a seven day rate of 35.1 (down from 39.6); Stockport 75 (up from 65), with a rate of 25.6 (up from 22.2); Tameside 73 (down from 77), with a rate of 32.2 (down from 34); Trafford 67 (up from 58), with a rate of 28.2 (up from 24.4); and Wigan 94 (down from 100), with a rate of 28.6 (down from 30.4).
There have been no new virus-related deaths announced by Salford Royal Hospital.
Meanwhile, Worsley and Eccles South MP, Barbara Keeley, will be winning praise for re-tweeting sentiments by 'ex-medical student' Dave Jones (@WelshGasDoc), who has almost 45,000 followers, following anti-vax/restriction protests in London...
"The protests in London are an insult to everyone who has done the right thing for the last year, and it pisses all over the graves of everybody we lost" she-re-tweeted "An absolute insult carried out by a crowd of selfish, ignorant and downright narcissistic wankers. Each and every one of them..."
Barbara Keeley will be going up in many people's estimations after this...